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, PRINCE EIHVAIU) lSl..\ND, DECS.“Bhllli‘tldldt-‘l.

Niacin—tit}; when;Rimes AND RELIGION.

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Tvnsnu', Document: ‘24, I844.

The English mail for December arriv- (don Saturday evening lust rather un- aponed. and in conformity with our promise made in the Morning News of that day, we have issued an extra sheet containing the latest intelligence, instead ot publishing to—morrow, being Christ- “Day.

Tut “ﬁnances—Since Saturday the miller has been Inild ;-ycstcrday we hell rain nearly all day, which has taken thesnow from us— impaired the sleighing, and rendered the ice in the rivers very saute tor travellers.

Flu. tar-Yesterday evening, as a horse ant! sleigh with their driver wcre crossing over near the end ottheQuecn’s chart. the former broke through the ice, and remained in imminent danger for sane time- however, were successlul in bringing sut-

'l'he screams of the man,

itieot assistance to him, and they were all soon afterwards rescued from their perilous situation.

FSir Allan McNab, the government candidate. has been elected Speaker 0! the Genera! Assembly of Canada.

VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND!

I've- (‘hrlu “'illmer's Armerican News tter. LIvenrooL, Dem-t, Is“. There is still a dearth of political news on this side the Atlantic, and III the absence ofany a: tool occur-

telee to excite the public interest,wc l_l'e driven to surmise. and speculat- ll‘tns. All seems either at a stand strllor working so easdy that the: llorcment is scarcely perceptible. ,

[area the royal preparations are: Suspended, aml he Queen is either. ﬁltertaining her distinguished rela- "'°_‘. and attending personally to the , duties ofmaternity at \\'indsur cns- l "for making preparations for thel "Finn-at of the rapidly approach- ; "K lestire season of Christmas.— ' _he Princess of Meehlenberg Stret- F.3- Whu is at present with her Ma- testy. will remain in this country duro .8 “'8 winter, and is expected not , to leave until she shall have. been de- hu’.” "fa Prince. The Court for l'hlle will have to go into mourning

"PC death ot'the Princess Sophia n'm‘h. who has Ilt‘sccndI-Il to the “What thr- grccn old age, w ith \"lllt'll ‘ht'uttl sccurzpan, It, l'as honour,

'l‘tl't‘. obedience, troops offricnda.’-—- the Queen and her .lllltalrltnlat Con- sort Intend shortly to honour the Duke of Wellington with a visit ati Strathtieldstaye. :

The British Parliament is to meet , for the. desputch of business, on the i 4th of February next. l

The O’Connell tribute has been ‘they obtained all the cash,jewelry, &c.;i

thtuurI-tn.-—A daring act of piracy was committed in the very midst of the shipping in the port of Gibralter. A par- ty of Spaniards armed with long knives,

gcame alongside a Sardinian vessel, sup-. lposing her to be the vessel on hoard ot"

Which 3000 dollars had been put, but which, however, were placed on board

an English vessel. Binding the crew,

Ewhich a larger amount of property ‘was destroyed than by any previous fﬁre at that place.

i From American Papers. +—

Bos-rou, Dec. 9,—lt‘noru Cums. ,The following is ‘an extract ofa Into 1tor to a Mercantile House in this city

received by the bark Sappbo, dated iCanton. August I: “ Since we last wrote to you,thero

as large this year, as it‘ his admirers 'ate a hearty meahparlook of some “my has not been much business doing

had never before given him a penny. and Is cchcted to reach the sum 0 ; £30,000.

_Never, perhaps in the history ofl thls Country,can we point to a period when the general trade of the King- I dom was in a more flourishing Con-l dition. i The Repeal Association continucs’ to hold its usual weekly meetings —5 but no movements of importance. seems to engage its special attention I at present.

The usual crops of potatoes in lre- land is fottud to exceed the produce of any year on rccord. '

Sir Henry Poltingcr has been! sworn a member ot'lhe privy council.

A great fog prevailedall over Eng-l land on Monday week. 'l hch were i several serious railway and other ac-{ cidcnts.

The Emperor of Russia has pro- |

lllllllt’tl all natives of Poland from marrying till they have completed their thirtieth year.

Mr. Laycork has constructed an iron palace for an African King, and is now erecting an iron mansion for maiden ladies.

The banking house. of Messrs. Rogers, 'l‘owgood & Co. has bcen rubbed to an awful extent. Not less ‘ than £40,7l0, in bank notes and so- vereigns were stolen from their iron safe. ‘

Oxen, poultry, and potatoes con- tinue to be imported. in large quanti- ties, into the London markets from Rotterdam by the steamers.

I“R.\NCE.—All seems quiet in this country—and nothing likely at pre- sent to disturb its tranquility.

SPAIN is stilI the theatre of civil commotioII.—'l‘he life ofa General in ill-fated Spain, docs not seem to be' worth much. One day he is at the, head ot'a powerful party, and the next he is captured and shot; while; some are doomed to solitary contine-i Inunt. This is Spain up to the pre-‘, nttttl hour.

. over the whole city of Montreal.

and then decumpcd.

COLONIAL.

Rto'rs A't‘ Mosrtisan—A serious ltiot occurred at Montreal, on Mon- day the ‘lnd inst. OII the Saturday previous an Irish Roman Catholic named Fennalt was shot in Grima- town, by a person named Colhnrn. This murder caused great excite- ment, and a meeting ofthe ‘ lt'ish- men and Canadians’ was called on the day following in the Haymarkct,

rto avenge the blood thus spilt.—

'l‘roops were ordered out to prevent the meeting, and it did not occur.— On Monday morning the Municipal l'ZIPCIion commenced, and about l2 o'clock, disturbances commenced in (irifﬁingtown, and struggling voters were attacked. A large houy 0! per- sons had collected,armod with stIcics, 9. , v u l t

gc. who were charged by he Loy- at Protective Society Cavalry,’ at whom sovcralshots were tired from houses in the neighbottrhood,and two

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persons wounded. the Cavalry dis- charged their ltlslols on the mob,and at length the ground was cleared.—

‘ It was I-cported that three other per-

sons were shot. On Sunday the riot continued, se-

verely \Vounding a soldier among'

the number, and one per-on killed.— lhu house of a Mr. Brennan was Set on tire, and ‘27 persons found in it, including the brother ot‘Fennull,were

‘ taken prisoners.

Nov. :20.-—chterday morning,he- tween the hours oftwelve and one,

Ithe shock ofan earthquake was felt

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was Severe enough to cause the hotter to shake, and pieces offnrm- ture to rattle, and was attended wIth

,a loud rumbling noise and ofthe ra- Ipid passage of heavy artIllery In the

streets. Many persons were awoke with the noise and the rocking of

Etheir bedsteatls from side to side.— ; We have heard ofno accidents from ‘it, although the area of its passage

seems to have been large.

Captain Collins of the schr. Lark

‘at LiverpOol, N. S. from St. Lucia. 'rcports, that previous to his leaving

accounts had been rcccived, via Bar- lmdnes that a most destructive lurc

ihutl taken place at lIeIucrura, by: , .

here, in consequence of a great flood,

;which this Dislt‘lttt has been visttcd ; with, and which lasted more than a gluonth. Much damage was su~taino led on the banks of the Rivers; whqu ivillages were swept away: it is es. ltimated that about 30.000 houses lwcrc destroyed and 30,000 lives lost; 'silks havo risen in consequence "20‘ “tor ccnt:thc rice crop is entirety idestroyod; 'l‘eas have advanced It) ,and IL! taels on last years’ prices..— i'l‘he crop is expected to be short.

. l A l-lnnntc.mr.——'l‘ho lndepcndence

thissouri) Journal of the let IIlt.

irccords the ravages ot a hurricane

Eulnch passed through that country a

l day or two previously destroying seve-

lral lives. and property to the amount

lof$50,000. So violent was the force

toftho wind that houses were entirely- Hevclled by it in its progress,and parts

iof one were found some two miles I;from the place uhI-ro it had stood.— i'l'rocs of three and fottr feet thick- 'tIPsR \vct'e ttt‘lstt‘tl It“. like saplings;

la colt was found dead in the foka of a trceto which it had been car. éricd. The Journal compares it to . "tho great hurricane which devastated ,Natchcz some years since.—.Hrn.pnp. I _.__—_——-———_——— ' LATE room Rto Canoe—Capt. Means. ofthc. brig Henry. at New York from Rio Grande IOth Oct. states that it was reported there, and generally believed,that linenos Ayres ,had declared war against Brazil.— l'l‘he Brazilian government, under ' icn. ltivorahad collected about IS,- 000 troops at Polotus, and other pre- parations were making.

DIED.

On Sunday evening the lr'rth instant. of quinsy. alter an illness ofil days, rs. Mary Grady, aged 40 years. \\ ite of Mr. John Grady, Priest’s Pond,Lol 46, East

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At Croglin, Brackley Point Road. on Wednesday last, Mr. \Villiatu Robituon, aged 66 years. He emigrated to this Island with Mr. Lecming, in the year t8ltl, from Preston, near Manchester, England.

A N 'l‘ E D.—An active Lad, to

sell the Morning News on the Market days—to whqu liberal etICour- ageinent will be given.

Doccmhcr ntth.